English Language Learners
Norwalk has over 1,900 English Language Learners (ELL) throughout the school district who speak a total of 35 languages and come from 41 countries. If you consider all the students in the district, we speak a total of 59 languages and come from 68 countries. We are certainly a richly diverse and multi-cultural school district.
NPS is dedicated to ensuring that Norwalk’s English language learners throughout the district receive the best education possible. The ELL and general education teachers are working hard to create the same learning opportunities for our ELL students that are afforded to all students in the district.
L-R: Tricia Massucco, After the Bell Program Manager; Joyce Rios, MLL Career Pathways Internship Program Facilitator
The MLL Career Pathways Internship
The MLL Career Pathways Internship is an amazing opportunity that Norwalk Public Schools (NPS) provides for our Multilingual Learner students.
This program provides students with a structured experience to help them build self-esteem, develop mentor and community relationships, and learn about careers and successful pathways to employment.
Through the helping hands of individuals in the community, the program prepares our youth for success. Unnecessary obstacles are eliminated and an equitable journey toward career readiness is forged.
This one-semester internship provides students with real-world career experiences and an opportunity to connect the Culture and Career Seminar classes with the workplace.
Beginning her fourth year in leading this vital program, Joyce Rios is a former Carver employee who helped to manage Carver’s after-school program at Norwalk High School.
Students receive school credit for participating. Students learn interviewing skills; resume writing; soft skills and hard skills; and how to create their personal skills and job experience portfolios.
Joyce invites local businesses and organizations to consider helping make this program successful for our English Language Learner students. There is no cost to the internship providers.
Carver is helping. Joyce’s students are introduced to the leaders of our before and after-school programs and we encourage Carver volunteers and local employers to help.
